Questions tagged [area51-meta]
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Changing the expectation of going from Private Beta to Public Beta
On the Bitcoin proposal (currently in Private Beta) it currently says:
"The site's Public Beta will begin in 5 days."
How about modifying this text to something like:
"If the Private Beta goes well, ...
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How can I see the list of closed proposals I once followed?
I used to follow a bunch of proposals and I'm guessing they were nixed with the recent batch. Is it possible to see a list of these (now closed) proposals I once followed and committed to? It's hard ...
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Internationalization 'State of the Stack'
For those I haven't yet met, I'm Tim Post, the Director of Stack Overflow Communities here at Stack Exchange.
When we said we planned to reverse our previous stance on localization some years ago, we ...
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Don't allow votes as duplicates of closed proposals/beta sites
Proposal: Economics
I noticed that the economics proposal was marked as a duplicate of Economics (Update: no longer listed as a possible duplicate), which seems reasonable if you don't check the link,...
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Why isn't there a comprehensive list of failed/closed proposals and their history, including merges, merge requests, reasons for closure, etc.?
Backstory: 18 months ago I committed to be a supporter of a proposal. I was never notified of the success or failure of the beta so I'm assuming that the proposal was eventually closed or merged. Now ...
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Merging and linking user profiles between StackOverflow and Area 51 should be more automatic
It would be great if there was more automation in linking existing users to their other profiles on StackExchange.
For example, this user on Area 51 is this user on StackOverflow, but his reputation ...
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Notifications for closed proposals?
A site proposal I have been following for most of it's first year is coming to the twelve month mark (still in definition phase), the proposal has gathered 54 questions and more than 100 followers.
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I have fought Area 51's signup system, and won... but at what cost?
I'm a Stack Exchange user of a few years and was recently pointed at the Area 51 proposal for a Programming Language Design SE. So I tried to sign up to express my interest in supporting such a site. ...
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Show more (or all) questions on the page for definition stage Proposals
As I understand it the main reason for answers being split into pages on SE's Q&A sites is to limit noise; the answers not in the top 30 voted answers are probably not the most useful. That makes ...
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When a proposal is closed, don't remove it from the user profile of users who committed to it
From the first comment for this answer, I take that a proposal that has been closed doesn't appear anymore in the user profile of the committers, who then wonder why the proposal is not listed.
When ...
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Confusing website UI when following a proposal
Currently on Area 51, when you click the Follow button on a proposal, the following message pops up:
BEEP You are now following this proposal
with a picture of a broken-looking robot.
It is ...
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Non-English Proposal Requirements
Our goal to make the Stack Exchange Network a great place to produce high-quality Q&A sites, no matter what language they speak. But we are still predominantly an English-speaking organization and ...
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Why were the announcements removed?
Proposal: Stack Overflow in Spanish
I was about to write a question about why Robert Cartaino replaced the announcments on this proposal with the message, and then I found this discussion on the ...
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How is "on pace" calculated?
When a site is in beta stage, and has not yet hit the 90 day mark, it says it's "On pace for XX users".
I've been following it for a few days, and have seen it fluctuate a little bit, but collecting ...
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Proposed new custom close reason for Area 51 Discussions (this site): "This should be an example question, not a meta question"
Area 51 is confusing to new users. Many of them try to ask example questions here on Area 51 Discussions, presumably because they don't know the difference between an example question and a meta ...
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What happens with reputation from closed proposals?
What happens with reputation earned on proposal when the proposal is closed on any phase?
Is the reputation preserved or lost?
I mean the reputation from:
sample questions
users joining proposal
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What if existing committers achieve the 200+ rep on any other site?
I just want to clarify...
If a user has committed to a new project having less than 200 rep on any other site, it will not be counted as committers with 200+ rep on any other site, but will be counted ...
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Please make sure you link your other Stack Exchange accounts!
If you have an account on any other Stack Exchange site (Stack Overflow, tex.SE, math.SE, etc.), please make sure it is linked to your commitment to the OR site on Area 51.
Here's how to check:
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Can we have an ideas graveyard?
While looking around for a closed proposal I noticed a few questions in the form of What happened to the * proposal?
I think it'd be a good idea to have an ideas graveyard so that we know why each ...
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Should users have access to their own deleted proposals?
Is not seeing your own deleted proposals is an expected behaviour?
For example, I've created one, but then figured it out that it's actually covered by different SE site (by the tag), but after ...
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Remove "democratic, community-driven process" from the Area 51 FAQ
Seeing there is an arbitrary nonelected dictator group or individual that can and does close proposals that are going through the proposal process without asking the community, in fact, directly going ...
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Is there a way to see all of the followers?
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
Once in Commitment Phase, you can see all the Committers. Ten users are shown at the bottom of the page, and you can move from page to page through them all.
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Make it clearer that 'Real Name' is not shown publicly
In the profile settings for other stack exchange sites, 'Full name' is clearly labeled as not shown publicly. However, on Area 51, the 'Real Name' field is not clearly marked as such whereas birthday ...
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Inconsistent error message style!
A standard error message on Stack Exchange sites looks like this. It's a pop-up that appears if something happens on the page, for example, if the body of a question is missing.
If you try to post ...
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Where is the "relationships and dating" data dump?
Most (all?) sites closed during beta have a database dump: for example, mental fitness, machine learning. However, the relationships and dating closed beta site does not appear to have any data dump. ...
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Allow editing of commitment comments
I have committed to the Aviation & Aerospace proposal (aside: commit and help us get to beta!), but at the time I didn't enter a comment:
I'd now like to be able to add a comment, but I can't see ...
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How are users with 200+ reputation on other site counted on Area51?
Over the last days I thought I observed inconsistencies in the computation of users with 200+ reputation on other sites. I then started regularly checking the statistics for the Personal Manufacturing ...
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Chart for visits per day?
I am looking at the Music proposal to see how it is doing. This example is 16 days into beta. Granted the health levels will change (hopefully not too much) by the time the beta ends and progress is ...
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Reputation links on badge pages lead always to profile of the current user
On a badge page (example), there is a list of users that recently earned this badge.
It shows the reputation of these users, but when clicking on a reputation value, I’m not lead to their profile ...
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Can we have a community-supported "sites/proposals of interest" feature?
It has been stated multiple times that there are good reasons for making sure that proposal commitments reflect activity beyond the proposal at hand. Part of what this means is that proposals will do ...
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Is there anything I need to do during commit phase besides share the proposal?
Background
I have just followed and committed to the Embedded Systems Programming and Design proposal.
I have read through the FAQ, and it says that a commitment is fulfilled by asking and answering ...
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Recommend reviewing lower-voted questions on Definition phase proposals
A common problem with proposals is people use many of their votes on great example questions, then lose the votes they need
See examples in This proposal will reach Commit more quickly if people ...
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Is there any way for a simple mortal to see all of the Area51 proposals ever existed?
I would like to browse it, and do some nice restarts from the forgotten ones nearly reached the private beta. Furthermore, I consider their deletion as an irrecoverable major information loss, and my ...
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Help link broken on Meta Area51
On Area 51 Discussion Zone, the FAQ link has disappeared. In it's place is a link to help.
I suppose this would be fine, except the link is broken. Clicking it gives a 404 page on the Area51 main ...
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How often are the ads updated?
On every proposal there is a link to a PNG file (via "Share This" button, see screenshot by @BlasSoriano), which may be used to advertise the proposal.
I always assumed these files update ...
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Can we make it clearer that "create new discussion" posts on Meta?
Every once in a while we get something like this: https://area51.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/21126/do-you-have-any-documentation-on-implementing-a-custom-security-plugin-for-ozp
An example ...
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What happens with Area51-reputation from failed beta sites?
I have fullfilled commitment to failed Digital Preservation proposal, however after close that site was removed from my Fulfilled commitments list.
My question is, what happens with Area-Reputation ...
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Change placeholder for title to sentence case
When asking a question here, the placeholder for the question title is in lower case (well, apart from the proper name "Area 51"):
On all other sites in the network, e.g. Meta Stack ...
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When proposing a new site, are existing Stack Exchange communities acceptable for the 3rd question about "organization or website"?
Since April 2018, there were Changes to the Area 51 Process v3.0 when proposing a new site. One of them is:
Got a Community Needing Q&A? — Stack Exchange Can Help
If you have access to a healthy, ...
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Is there a site for international commerce?
I intend to propose a site for International Commerce, specifically for
Any question about legal, financial, regulatory, and political implications of international commerce, activity and ...
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Should the default sort be changed to newest?
I have been on Area51 for years, you can change the sort order of example questions between "my votes", "activity", "newest" or "votes"; with first not available to new users. Once you make a ...
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Why "add comment" not "add a comment" in example questions section?
There is add comment in each question of the proposal's Example Questions sections to enter the comment about the question, but in the tool tip of the add comment and in the discussion zone's question ...
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Any way to GitHub-like 'watch' a proposal?
There is a proposal of which I would like to receive notifications when a new question is posted.
I'd rather not check by visiting the page every once in a while because the proposal I'm talking about ...
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Can one person derail a site proposal on Area51?
There have been multiple discussions about down votes (examples 1, 2 ) I have argued that supports of a proposal should ignore malicious down votes but recent events indicate that one person with ...
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Area 51 Reputation Page is broken
When I click on 'Reputation and Moderation' it sends me to a broken link page.
Could you fix that? Thanks.
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Digital preservation closed but dont have commitment slot back
after the closure of Digital Preservation.SE after only a couple of weeks in private beta, it is still occupying one of my 3 commit slots.
When will I get it back so that I can commit to another ...
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Please add a language filter on proposals
Proposals are currently sorted into a few categories. They should also be classified by language (in addition to the existing categories, of course: this is orthogonal). There should be a way for me ...
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Mod diamond is still displayed by former staff member's username on Area 51 proposal page
Looking at a particular proposal, the "edited by" section shows that a former staff member (Jeff Atwood) edited it. However, for some reason, a diamond appears next to his username:
Jeff ...
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Heading bug on profiles
I have found a bug. When we make heading like #Hello, visible as:
Hello
on our profile description, if the text is long then it is going outside its boundry.
It is shown here:
And it is also ...
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League rep tables for Area 51
On my profile it says that my rep is in the "top 4% this year" with a link to the full league table. However, it doesn't exist!
Since rep on Area 51 is pretty meaningless, could we disable ...
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